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one of the most important things. That is one of the best 

 improvements in connection with the milk can business. These 

 edges along here are cut off, and it is interesting to notice at 

 the bottom edge, how it will rust around, just a little. 



They are making these cans beautifully. Oh, how I wish 

 that something could be done or some influence could be brought 

 to bear to induce those people to fill that seam as that one is 

 filled. Now, notice how that is open all the way around there ? 

 You set them out on a sunny day in the sun and see how bright 

 they are. In fact, when I was milk inspector, the cans were 

 set out on a platform at the rear of the place, where there 

 were flats, and the tenants entered a protest against them and 

 I had to remove those cans, because of the sun shining on them. 

 They can be cleaned by turning them bottom side up over a 

 jet of steam. The steam going up into a forty quart can does 

 not thoroughly sterilize it. What I was going to say was that 

 you would have thought they would have put a two inch band 

 on this can around here (indicating) if they wanted to make 

 the best can they could, and that after they put in that band, 

 they would have soldered all around it, so the milk would run 

 off. But they didn't ; they soldered it around the bottom, so 

 the milk would run in there and could not run off. Now, why 

 is that (indicating) the most important seam on the can? 

 That seam right there, I mean. Let me tell you. Y r ou will 

 see two men take hold of this can of milk when they are filling 

 the bottles, and when they get it almost full, they tilt that off. 

 Now, that seam gets full of decayed milk. I have seen 

 them pour it over into the can again, and stick the end of the 

 can down in the milk and wash it off, and I have seen the milk 

 of a different color where it had been dripping in. 



Now, don't you see the great importance of that? Can you 

 not see the advantage of these two important things on the milk 

 can, this one here and this one here, around the rim? (Indi- 

 cating.) 



Here is another thing: This is one of the common things. 

 That is in position for the milk to be in, with the lid left that 

 way. (Indicating.) It is all full of milk now. I have stood 

 and watched them and seen the rusty milk drop out of the rim 

 into the can. 



What we need to-day is to bring an influence to bear that 



